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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 10. May 21 1979

Cotton Building

page 4

Cotton Building

Institute of Geophysics Floors 1&5

Applied Geophysics Laboratory

Floor 1 Room A 115
Geophysical exploration instruments used for teaching and research:
  • Three types of magnetometer, one as a working display.
  • Gravity meters, one recording earth tides.
  • Seismometers.
  • Induced polarisation equipment.
  • Seismic refraction apparatus.
Working models used for Applied Geophysics teaching:
  • Gravity meter models
  • Electromagnetic surveying models.
  • Seismic refraction model.
  • Self-potential models.

Vault

Floor 1 Room A 112b

Magnetic tape seismograph and tape-to-film transcription system.

Institute Foyer

Floor 5

A seismograph is recording earthquakes, and some interesting recent seismograms are on display.

Rock Properties Laboratory

Floor 5 Room B 509

Research on natural heat flow in New Zealand.

A controlled seismic source for research on elastic wave propagation in the ground with applications to coal prospecting etc.

Photo of a university building

Seismology Laboratory

Floor 5 Room B

A working display of micro earthquake apparatus, with records and research results.

Geophysical research on structures deep beneath the earth's surface: electromagnetic and gravity methods.

Geology Department Floors 2,3,4&5

Floor2

Volcanoes and Antarctica

Second Floor, cross corridor

Volcanoes: Types, formation, occurrence in New Zealand and overseas, various rock types associated with them. This display supplemented by automatic slide projector.
Antarctic: Display of rocks, formations, fossils and equipment.

Both these displays on the 2nd floor cross corridor.

Earth Sciences Elementary Laboratory
Room A 220

This laboratory will be open with members of staff in attendance. In addition to rock and mineral display, several actual practical exercises undertaken by Geol 101 and 131 classes will be demonstrated.

Petrology Laboratory
Room B 222

Static displays of rocks, minerals, both in hand specimen and under the microscope. Display of antique microscopes. Explanation of common penological, mineralogical and erystallographic techniques. Closed circuit TV will demonstrate such aspects as birefringence, extinction, interference figures etc.

Paleontology Laboratory
Room B 223

Displays of fossils. Techniques for extracting, examining, identifying, dating etc. Students will demonstrate actual second and third year laboratory classes in paleontology and petroleum geology.

McKay Room (Museum)
Room A 218

Biography of McKay

Petroleum Geology in New Zealand with specimen oils, model drilling rig and explanation of exploration procedures. The formation of oil, the requirements for an oil "field" to establish, prospecting for oil, the extraction of oil.

The main field — discovery, extraction rates, potential. Rock and mineral exhibits.

Relief maps of Wellington area showing:
  • Geology
  • Faulting
  • Soils.

An early X-ray Diffraction machine working. Explanation on how X rays are used to determine mineral identification.

Technical Suite
Eastern side of floor 2 - northern end

Rooms A213, A209, A206, A210, A207, A208

Rocks and minerals

Diamond saws and grinding laps in use and explanations of how rock sections are produced thin enough for light to be passed through them for the examination of mineral content, structure and composition of rock etc.

Polishing laps in use showing the production of polished sections of rock and minerals.

Large diamond saw for cutting display specimens.

Graphic Reproduction

Process camera, plate maker, printing machine and plan printer — showing map production for Department and publication use.

Antarctic Room
Room [unclear: A 3 ]

Display of Antarctic publications, maps and gear. Antarctic experts in attendance.

Sedimentary Laboratory
Room [unclear: B ]

Static displays on sedimentology. Hopefully we should have our new flow channel working. Ours is some 25 feet long with a 15 foot long 12" x 15" glass-sided channel so that you can see erosion and deposition in the channel floor as it happens. The 5hp pump can produce water in the channel at up to 1 metre per second. This apparatus was constructed entirely in our Physics Workshop.

We have also just taken delivery of a Sedigraph 5000, a small cabinet that produces a complete size analysis of soil, mud or industrial powders from 600 down to 0.1 microns in a matter of minutes. The instrument has been available for only four or five years and is one of three in the country, costing almost $20,000.

Floor 3

Micropalentology
Room A 302

The study of micro fossils — almost impossible to see with the naked eye, their extraction from the surrounding rocks, examination, identification, dating and mounting. Microscopes available to observe these.

Palynology
Room A 304

The study of fossilised pollen spores — demonstrations in this, one of the most recent aspects of geology, will be undertaken.

Dating Laboratory
Room A 303

Explanation of the various dating techniques, their importance and limitations. Instruments include the recently acquired cryogenic magnotometer which will be demonstrated. Explanation of technique and equipment used for token oriented magnetic specimens.

Films
Room A 307

Various geologically orientated films will he shown continuously covering such topics as volcanoes, the environment, continental drift etc. (the actual programme depends on availability).

Photogrammetry and Mapping Laboratory
Room A 308

Display of various maps produced by the Department. Students working on mapping projects. Viewing of aerial photoraphs [unclear: pically].

Floor4

X—Ray Fluorescence and Electron Probe Micro Analyser
Room [unclear: A 4]

This apparatus is part of the University's Analytical Facility. The Election Probe has only just arrived from Japan. It is still being installed but it should be in full operation by the end of May. The equipment represents the first of its type available and the cost is in the region of $250.000. Explanations-demonstrations in the performance and use of this equipment will be continuous.

Library
Room B [unclear: 4]

Display of department publications.

Floor5

Pedology Teaching Laboratory
Room A [unclear: 506]

For a country that "lives off grass" this aspect uf Geology is particularly important from an economic viewpoint to New Zealand. Displays and demonstrations of Soil Science and tephra teaching and research will be presented.

Soil Chemistry Laboratory
Room A [unclear: 50]

Displays of techniques used in soil chemistry.

Clay Mineralogy
Room A [unclear: 505 ]

X-Ray diffraction, infrared Spectrometer and DTA equipment will be working. These techniques can: be used to study clay mineralogy.

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[unclear: Geography]

[unclear: Graphy] Department Cartography [unclear: Oratories]
Floor 2
[unclear: Duction] Graphics Laboratory 1
Room B 210

play of Aerial Photographic Interpretation and I Mapping.

[unclear: tiques] and equipment used in basic mapping vertical aerial photographs will be displayed and [unclear: nstrated] Of special interest are the precision [unclear: grammetric] plotting instruments.

[unclear: scopic] viewing of New Zealand and overseas [unclear: aer-otographs] will give some idea of the importance of photo-interpretation to resource/landscape assessment.

Selected practical exercies undertaken by CART 101 students as part of their studies will also be displayed and demonstrated.

Cartography Laboratory (Geography Graphics Laboratory)
Room B 213

Displays of Cartography equipment and techniques. These displays will centre around the student's involvement in the CART 101 course. Selected exercises are shown to illustrate the unique approach to Cartography undertaken at Victoria, beginning with the perceived map of Wellington and culminating in the preparation of the internationally acclaimed graphic projects.

Geography Department Foyer and Corridor

Wall displays of CART 101 students' graphic projects illustrating an extensive array of environmental landscape and abstract statistical data. The students' innovative artwork has been highly commended by overseas experts.

A graphic display of New Zealand Urban Income data illustrating the implications of varying the cartographic technique.

Many cartographic examples showing the importance of colour in interpreting mapped data.

Production Graphics Laboratory 2
Room B 212

A display of supporting equipment.

Together with present-day theodolites, some antique instruments will be on display.